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cruciferae's Usage Examples:

The horse-radish root, which belongs to the natural order Cruciferae, is much longer than that of the aconite, and it is not tapering; its colour is yellowish, and the top of the root has the remains of the leaves on it.

- Seeds of Cruciferae cut across to show the radicle and cotyledons.

Cruciferae is a large order containing nearly 200 genera and about 1200 species.

- Cruciferae.

CRUCIFERAE, or Crucifer family, a natural order of flowering plants, which derives its name from the cruciform arrangement of the four petals of the flower.

A B In Great Britain the flea beetles (Halticidae) are one of the most serious enemies; one of these, the turnip flea (Phyllotreta nemorum), has in some years, notably 1881, caused more than 500,00o loss in England and Scotland alone by eating the young seedling turnips, cabbage and other Cruciferae.

The former is poor in Cruciferae, Caryophyllaceae, Umbelliferae, Primulaceae and Labiatae; but for the occurrence of Calluna in Newfoundland it would have no heaths.

Sequoia and the tulip-tree still remain; figs are abundant; laurels are represented by Sassafras and camphor; herbaceous plants (Ranunculaceae, Cruciferae, Umbelliferae) are present, though, as might be expected, only fragmentarily preserved.

Those on turnips and other Cruciferae are due to the infection of Plasmodiophora, a dangerously parasitic Myxomycete.

The enzymes which act upon glucosides are many; the best known are emul sin and myrosin, which split up respectively amygdalin, the special glucoside of certain plants of the Rosaceae; and sinfgrin, which has a wide distribution among those of the Cruciferae.

cruciferae's Meaning':

a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards cabbages broccoli turnips cresses and their many relatives

Synonyms:

genus Dentaria, Thlaspi, Alliaria, watercress, genus Nasturtium, Lobularia, genus Biscutella, Descurainia, genus Matthiola, Stephanomeria, genus Eruca, family Cruciferae, genus Lesquerella, Crambe, genus Lobularia, genus Vesicaria, genus Heliophila, false flax, genus Stanleya, order Rhoeadales, genus Crambe, Isatis, Brassicaceae, Cardamine, genus Schizopetalon, Hesperis, cruciferous plant, genus Barbarea, genus Brassica, genus Lunaria, Lepidium, genus Malcolmia, genus Sisymbrium, cress plant, Matthiola, Diplotaxis, Lesquerella, Cheiranthus, Berteroa, Camelina, Eruca, Armoracia, genus Draba, genus Armoracia, genus Thysanocarpus, Aethionema, genus Aethionema, genus Descurainia, dilleniid dicot family, Stanleya, genus Diplotaxis, Dentaria, genus Capsella, Barbarea, genus Hesperis, genus Iberis, genus Sinapis, Vesicaria, Subularia, Malcolmia, Pritzelago, genus Thlaspi, genus Stephanomeria, Lunaria, genus Pritzelago, Arabis, Capsella, genus Erysimum, Thysanocarpus, genus Lepidium, genus Alliaria, genus Turritis, genus Cardamine, genus Berteroa, genus Subularia, Rhoeadales, genus Isatis, order Papaverales, Sinapis, Alyssum, family Brassicaceae, genus Cakile, genus Camelina, Papaverales, genus Raphanus, genus Cheiranthus, Raphanus, wasabi, Rorippa, cress, Nasturtium, Turritis, Physaria, Arabidopsis, genus Physaria, Biscutella, mustard family, genus Arabis, crucifer, Iberis, Erysimum, genus Alyssum, genus Rorippa, genus Cochlearia, genus Arabidopsis, Brassica, Cakile, Cochlearia,

Antonyms:

achromatic,